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Autobiography and Budge in depiction Writings good buy the Persian Diaspora
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Aids, Iran 2004: The Lovers, the Victims (Eydz, Iran 1383)
Director: Mohammad Ehsani, Kamal Bahar
Date: 2004
Running time: 37’
Synopsis:
AIDS doesn't officially exist in Iran; however, the virus is spreading at a meteoric rate, more than three times faster than the birth-rate. The number of unreported cases is estimated at around 45,000.First-hand accounts by the homeless, drug addicts, prostitutes, doctors and pharmacists underlined by statistics challenge the hypocritical and sometimes false official statements by revealing the harsh reality.
Subject(s): Aids, drugs, social boundaries.
And Life Went on (Va Zendegi Edameh Dasht)
Director: Maryam Mohajer
Date: 2007
Running time: 6’
Synopsis:
The Iran-Iraq war… All the neighbors rush down to the basement shelter. So what is going to happen in this shelter? Would every woman cry and scream whilst every man shivers and chews his mustache with rage and fear? You will be surprised!
Subject(s): Iran-Iraq war, trauma.
A Window Facing the Sun (Panjereyi Rubeh Aftab)
Director: Bijan Zamanpira
Date: 2006
Running time: 12’
Synopsis:
A carnival shadow-play of prayers, ceremonies, the land and the clouds as a desert community in Iran beseeches the clouds to ra
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List of Iranian Americans
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This is a list of notable Iranian-Americans of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Iranian-American or must have references showing they are Iranian American.
Academia and science
[edit]- Behnam Ben Amini, Dentist, Associate Clinical Professor at University of California, San Francisco
- Behnaam Aazhang, J.S. Abercrombie Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University
- Kamyar Abdi, archaeologist, former assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College
- Alexander Abian, mathematician, Iowa State University
- Mohammad Javad Abdolmohammadi, John E. Rhodes Professor of Accounting at Bentley University since 1988.
- Mahyar Amouzegar, President of New Mexico Tech, author
- Ervand Abrahamian, historian of Middle Eastern (particularly Iranian) history at City University of New York
- Janet Afary, author, feminist activist, and professor of Religious Studies at the University